Citizen's call leads to arrest of alleged burglars

Deputies chased and arrested two men in Thibodaux after they were caught trying to break into a home they had burglarized a week ago, according to the Lafourche Sheriff's Office.

Deputies chased and arrested two men in Thibodaux after they were caught trying to break into a home they had burglarized a week ago, according to the Lafourche Sheriff's Office.A concerned resident called the Sheriff's Office about 9 a.m. Wednesday to report two men were trying to break into a home in the 400 block of Wisteria Drive, the Sheriff's Office said.Calvin Every IV, 22, 1706 S. Barbier Ave., Thibodaux, and Gerard Mosley, 22, 517 Roselawn Drive, Houma, are each charged with simple burglary and attempted simple burglary of an immovable structure.

When deputies arrived, they immediately caught Every, the Sheriff's Office said. Later, they spotted Mosley, who began to run as soon as he saw the deputies. At one point, a resident joined the foot pursuit. Mosley tried to hide in bushes at Lee Drive and Parish Road before deputies caught him.Detectives learned the two men had burglarized the same home about one week earlier, and they had stolen a flat-screen television and other items, the Sheriff's Office said.Both men are in the Lafourche Parish jail, each on $75,000 bonds, records show.

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